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Global Women Forum

GWF Barcamp

Unlocking Financial Power: Empowering Women in Finance

09 May 2025 ♦ Estrel, Berlin, Germany

Did you know that only 40% of women are confident in their financial knowledge, compared to 60% of men? And, despite making up 47% of the global workforce, women control just 30% of global wealth (Source: Credit Suisse).
Financial education is essential for changing these statistics!

Empowering women with the skills to navigate the world of finance unlocks opportunities for economic independence, business growth, and generational wealth.
The GWF Barcamp is designed to bridge the gap, providing women with the tools to make confident financial decisions. 

The Barcamp aims to provide women and non-binary hospitality entrepreneurs at all stages of their career - from looking to turn idea into operation to growing one’s existing businesses - with the financial literacy training they need to get to their next level.

Join the barcamp

What is a Barcamp?

  • At a barcamp, there are no predetermined speakers, but all participants are invited to contribute their own experiences, knowledge and ideas.
  • In doing so, we often discover which things we take for granted are interesting topics for other people present.
  • From these topics, a program is spontaneously created on site, the content of which is completely determined by the participants. Many years of experience have shown that this results in a very intensive exchange of knowledge and in-depth discussions, from which everyone benefits significantly more than from normal events with speakers.

You are free

You are completely free: lead a session on a topic that is important to you, join other participants or just listen in here and there. 

You are welcome

Whether it's presentations, panel discussions, workshops or simply sharing experiences - your creative ideas are welcome!

It's about connecting

It's an event that's all about networking. Getting to know each other. And learning from others. 

It's about learning

Our Barcamp offers you the opportunity to learn more, make new contacts and discover inspiring ideas in an open and friendly environment. 

Ralf Rebmann, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ralf Rebmann, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ralf Rebmann, CC BY-SA 4.0

Barcamp Agenda

Date: Friday, 09 May 2025

Venue: Estrel, Sonnenallee 225, Berlin, Germany


The GWF Barcamp starts at 10:00 and ends around 16:30.


Welcome and Introduction

  • Opening remarks: Introduction to the Barcamp event format and goals, into the day's structure and the focus on empowering women with the knowledge to navigate financial challenges and opportunities.
  • Collection of topics, short break, then presentation of the program


Splitting up into sessions

  • What follows are three rounds of workshops, where we will split up into four rooms. We'll have time to discuss in twelve sessions, which we have collected this very morning.
  • The workshops are interrupted by a long lunch break and a coffee break.

Wrap-Up
  • After another break, a wrap-up will close the BarCamp.
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